Don Brubaker

1 week ago | crossroadstoday.com | Don Brubaker

VICTORIA, Texas - On Thursday, May 29, 2025, around 12:20 a.m., the Victoria Police Department and Victoria County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 1400 block of NE Water Street to investigate a shooting. An eighteen-year-old woman from Victoria had suffered a gunshot wound. She is expected to be okay. The victim was transported to an out-of-town hospital for medical treatment. Authorities arrested Aubrey Gomez, 24, on an outstanding misdemeanor warrant for theft of property.

1 week ago | crossroadstoday.com | Don Brubaker |Shawna Currie

AUSTIN, Texas - Gov. Greg Abbott has signed the bill transferring the University of Houston-Victoria to the Texas A&M University System. Senate Bill 2361 passed the Legislature last week. It was first sponsored by State Senator Lois Kolkhorst in the Senate, and by State Representative A.J. Louderback in the House. The Texas A&M University System will formally start the transfer of UHV on June 1, with the transfer scheduled to be completed by September 1.

2 weeks ago | crossroadstoday.com | Don Brubaker

GOLIAD, Texas - A decision on the future of the Fannin Monument is on hold after a public hearing and county meeting set for Tuesday, May 27, were canceled. An update on the Goliad County website stated that the Commissioners Court meeting was called off due to a lack of agenda items. The public hearing, which was to address the monument’s future, was delayed at the request of involved parties. The county said the hearing will be rescheduled at a later date, though no new date has been announced.

2 weeks ago | independent.com | Don Brubaker

Sink into a chair at The Barbara Beach Club | Photo: Valorie DarlingCould our modern model of outdoor relaxation — a k a “going to the beach” — be made any more relaxing? A quest to solve that quandary is now in full swing on Santa Barbara’s sandiest stretch of shoreline, as The Barbara Beach Club is now seating, shading, and snacking sunseekers down on East Beach.

2 weeks ago | crossroadstoday.com | Don Brubaker

HALLETTSVILLE, Texas - A Houston man faces charges in Lavaca County. Hallettsville Police stopped 39-year-old Benjamin Ojeda Jr. on a traffic violation Monday morning in the 800 block of W. Fairwinds St.A probable cause search of the vehicle found a gun, methamphetamine, cocaine, and the date rape drug. Ojeda is charged with unlawful carry of a weapon and four drug possession counts. He is in the Lavaca County jail in lieu of $76,000 bond.